Scaphytopius zurquiense Arias-Paco & Godoy 2025, sp. nov.

Scaphytopius zurquiense Arias-Paco & Godoy, sp. nov. (Figs. 8H–M, 9P, 10O, 11 AC, 12AC, 13AC) Description. Length of male 4.13 mm. General appearance light brown overall, with irregular whitish spots. Crown 1.4 x longer than basal width between eyes, light brown, with two longitudinal pale white bands in center, separated by black line extending to two-thirds of crown’s length; after this point, bands merge to form single band at apex (Fig. 8H). Face entirely black on frontoclypeus, anteclypeus, and lorum, slightly orange-brown toward apex and margins of gena; with two white transverse bands in shape of inverted V at apex of frontoclypeus, and small white band on margin of gena that extends to eye (Fig. 8J). Forewings light brown; with about 3–6 dispersed round white spots, with 9 veinlets (Fig. 8I); veins dark brown. Legs with black femora, light brown anterior and middle tibiae, black posterior tibiae and light brown tarsi. Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view rectangular, with slightly rounded apex; with multiple macrosetae (Fig. 9P). Subgenital plate triangular, wider at base than apex, longer than wide, with row of long thin setae on apex (Fig. 10O). Connective in ventral view in shape of wide U. Style in ventral view with apophysis short and robust, square-shaped, with spine on internal margin (Fig. 8K); space between preapical lobe and apophysis narrowly C-shaped. Paraphyses in ventral view fused at base, diverging slightly beyond midlength and remaining parallel until end (Fig. 8K); with very small lateral spine at apex. Aedeagus very short, L-shaped in lateral view (Fig. 8L); preatrium absent; dorsal apodeme of similar length to shaft; curving toward apex; shaft straight and tubular, in apical view with two small lateral spines and third, larger dorsal spine in gonopore area (Fig. 8M). Gonopore in subapical position, at base of dorsal spine. Diagnosis. Style apophysis with spine on internal margin. Paraphyses in dorsal view fused at base, diverging slightly beyond midlength, remaining parallel to apex (Fig. 8K). Apex of paraphyses with very small lateral spine in dorsal view. Aedeagus in apical view with dorsal spine longer than lateral spines (Fig. 8M). Distribution. Costa Rica. Biology. Unknown. Etymology. Named after the only site where it has been collected, the Zurquí of Moravia highlands in Costa Rica. Material examined. Holotype. ♂. Costa Rica, San José, Zurquí. 1600 m. XI.1995. INBIO CRI002 606794 (MNCR).

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Scaphytopius zurquiense Arias-Paco & Godoy 2025, sp. nov.

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Cephalopods and Marine Biology
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Scaphytopius zurquiense Arias-Paco & Godoy 2025, sp. nov.

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Scaphytopius zurquiense Arias-Paco & Godoy, sp. nov. (Figs. 8H–M, 9P, 10O, 11 AC, 12AC, 13AC) Description. Length of male 4.13 mm. General appearance light brown overall, with irregular whitish spots. Crown 1.4 x longer than basal width between eyes, light brown, with two longitudinal pale white bands in center, separated by black line extending to two-thirds of crown’s length; after this point, bands merge to form single band at apex (Fig. 8H). Face entirely black on frontoclypeus, anteclypeus, and lorum, slightly orange-brown toward apex and margins of gena; with two white transverse bands in shape of inverted V at apex of frontoclypeus, and small white band on margin of gena that extends to eye (Fig. 8J). Forewings light brown; with about 3–6 dispersed round white spots, with 9 veinlets (Fig. 8I); veins dark brown. Legs with black femora, light brown anterior and middle tibiae, black posterior tibiae and light brown tarsi. Male genitalia. Pygofer in lateral view rectangular, with slightly rounded apex; with multiple macrosetae (Fig. 9P). Subgenital plate triangular, wider at base than apex, longer than wide, with row of long thin setae on apex (Fig. 10O). Connective in ventral view in shape of wide U. Style in ventral view with apophysis short and robust, square-shaped, with spine on internal margin (Fig. 8K); space between preapical lobe and apophysis narrowly C-shaped. Paraphyses in ventral view fused at base, diverging slightly beyond midlength and remaining parallel until end (Fig. 8K); with very small lateral spine at apex. Aedeagus very short, L-shaped in lateral view (Fig. 8L); preatrium absent; dorsal apodeme of similar length to shaft; curving toward apex; shaft straight and tubular, in apical view with two small lateral spines and third, larger dorsal spine in gonopore area (Fig. 8M). Gonopore in subapical position, at base of dorsal spine. Diagnosis. Style apophysis with spine on internal margin. Paraphyses in dorsal view fused at base, diverging slightly beyond midlength, remaining parallel to apex (Fig. 8K). Apex of paraphyses with very small lateral spine in dorsal view. Aedeagus in apical view with dorsal spine longer than lateral spines (Fig. 8M). Distribution. Costa Rica. Biology. Unknown. Etymology. Named after the only site where it has been collected, the Zurquí of Moravia highlands in Costa Rica. Material examined. Holotype. ♂. Costa Rica, San José, Zurquí. 1600 m. XI.1995. INBIO CRI002 606794 (MNCR).

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